Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Increase (Decrease), Percent

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards.

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Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, without jurisdictional netting.

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Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the amounts payable to taxing authorities for taxes that are based on the reporting entity's earnings, net of amounts receivable from taxing authorities for refunds of overpayments or recoveries of income taxes, and in deferred and other tax liabilities and assets.

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Amount of unrecognized tax benefits.

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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Billions	Jul. 29, 2022	Jul. 03, 2022	Jul. 04, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Worldwide effective income tax rate (as a percent)		14.90%	11.50%
Deferred tax asset			$ 2.3
Deferred tax liability			1.7
Deferred tax benefit, net			$ 0.6
Decrease in effective tax rate (percent)			4.40%
Unrecognized tax benefits		$ 3.4
Subsequent Event
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Incremental tax costs related to restructuring	$ 0.3